The knife handle figure, discovered in the River Tyne near Corbridge in Northumberland, is thought to have been bought as a ...

The Leonid meteor shower is set to delight stargazers, sending shooting stars streaking across the night sky. The Leonids – one of the more prolific annual displays – are usually fast, bright meteors ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko has died aged 101 after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. Yuriko was the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the ...

The 51-year-old is undertaking the 300 miles of Radio 2’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge on his dream childhood bike, the Raleigh Chopper.

Government figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have revealed that 318,834 claimants had their benefits stopped ...

The Home Office spent £15 million buying a derelict prison contaminated with asbestos amid political pressure to stop housing migrants in hotels, according to Whitehall’s spending watchdog.

The final supermoon of the year is set to appear in the skies above the UK today. Known as the Beaver Moon, the full moon isn’t expected to be quite as bright as last month’s Hunter’s supermoon, but ...

Ilya Lichtenstein masterminded one of the largest-ever thefts from a virtual currency exchange, according to prosecutors.

UK economic growth slowed between July and September relative to the previous quarter, according to official data. The UK economy grew by 0.1% over the period, versus 0.5% growth between April and ...

A patient’s own blood could be used to help create a material potentially capable of repairing their broken bones, new research suggests. Scientists have transformed blood into a substance which ...

SCOTTISH entrepreneur Tom Hunter has revealed that Paddy McGuinness's choice of bicycle was one of the reasons why he decided to double ...

Recipients of Universal Credit, Child Benefit, Personal Independence Payments (PIP), Pension Credit and more will all see their regular ...